Oxford broke into The Hammers’ first team after starting the first game of last season against Arsenal, winning a man-of-the-match in a combative display that even linked him with a call-up to the senior England side.

He made 12 appearances in total for the East London outfit last season, and has already represented England at youth levels.

In 2015, Oxford won the Dylan Tombides award, which is given to the star player of the youth academy for that year.

Slaven Bilic helped guide West Ham to European qualification last season and will need the full strength of his squad to compete on all fronts, and the manager is desperate to keep hold of his young star.